Tag: Rebels

Ukraine alleges Russia and pro-Moscow rebels have destroyed evidence as foreign observers and guerrillas face off over access to wreckage Obama calls loss of MH17...

BEIRUT The government forces backed by Hezbollah fighters took full control of the Syrian town of Yabroud on Sunday after driving out rebel fighters, state...

India’s army, which says it has been locked in a nearly two-week battle with dozens of suspected rebels, claimed on Saturday that it has...

Syrian rebels say they have overrun army positions in the north and south of the country this week, including an offensive in which a...

Russia has presented evidence to the UN it says shows Syrian rebels attacked regime forces with sarin gas that was produced in "cottage industry"...

Syria's ruling Baath party, headed by the country's embattled President Bashar al-Assad, has announced that its top leadership would be replaced, including Vice President Farouk...

Syrian rebels have captured a major army post in the southern city of Deraa after nearly two weeks of intense fighting, activists said. The...

Syrian rebels have captured a major army post in the southern city of Deraa after nearly two weeks of intense fighting, activists said. The Britain-based...

Foreign ministers of the “Friends of Syria” group are holding talks in Doha, the Qatari capital, to discuss how to organise the delivery of...

The US is boosting military support to the main Syrian rebel group after determining that the government has used chemical weapons against the opposition,...

The US is debating what more it might do to help the Syrian opposition in its conflict with the government, John Kerry, US secretary of state, has...

Both Tuareg rebels and the army in Mali have committed abuses against civilians because of their ethnic origins, a Human Rights Watch report says. The...

Government forces together with fighters from the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah are continuing their assault on Qusayr amid growing concerns for thousands of civilians...

European foreign ministers have lifted an arms embargo on Syria, paving the way for individual EU member states to provide weapons to the Syrian...

Communist fighters have set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a lorry carrying police in the northern Philippine province of Cagayan, killing...

The Syrian army has pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing at least 51 people in an apparent preparation for a ground assault,...

Israeli air raids on Syria at the weekend killed at least 42 soldiers, a watchdog said Monday, fuelling international concern over a spillover of...